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Greeks believed for a long time that the moon was bewitched. They held the prognostic view that an eclipse is given by the gods as a sign of some grievous calamity. Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (c. 500– c. 428) was accused of atheism for attempting to explain the eclipse of the moon by natural causes. As a result he was thrown into prison. Protagoras was banished from Athens for maintaining the same belief.